Cash savings get flushed out by inflation and ultra-low interest rates. That is if you are getting .5% on your cash savings account, and inflation is 3%, you are just haemorrhaging money by keeping it there…
After the most minor of panics, I expect the run for the speculative end of the market to continue unabated for a while yet. This is becoming par for the course for a world where central banks are committed to holding rates at zero…
Share markets around the world got the wobbles last week because interest rates on the ‘long end’ are rising strongly. Suddenly all those future earnings and cash flows have to be discounted at a higher rate…
Inflation usually comes about because of increasing demand. In other words, economic growth. Can economic growth actually be bad for share markets? The answer appears to be nuanced. Bad for some stocks, good for others…
We won’t be returning to normal after COVID-19, because normal has changed too much. When it hit me. What will the next recession look like? Because that’ll be far from normal too. I know it feels like a distant problem. I mean, there’s a pandemic still on the loose, the recovery has barely begun, and […]
As I write this article the ASX 200 is in freefall, down 170 points, and I wouldn’t be surprised for the selling to continue for the rest of the day. The bond market is seeing strong selling pressure in the US and that has spread to our bond market…
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